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Nutrition and dietary guidelines: stirring the (policy) pot

The Health Policy Exchange

As described in a recent JAMA Internal Medicine editorial , future doctors receive little formal instruction about healthy dietary habits. Current (2010) U.S. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Dietary Guidelines. and MyPlate. Phillips, Jr.

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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

One popular mHealth initiative is the text4baby program, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that sends free text messages to expectant and new mothers containing appointment reminders, safety alerts, and general prenatal and postpartum health advice. and abroad was the topic of a recent Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department.

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